Race: Ricciardo wins in Hungary

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Race: Ricciardo wins in Hungary

Daniel Ricciardo triumphed in a thrilling three-way fight for the Hungarian GP win, taking it ahead of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.
Although it initially appeared as if Nico Rosberg would race away with the victory, Ricciardo found himself leading the way when the first Safety Car came out on lap 9.
Elevated to P1 when those ahead of him pitted, the Red Bull racer made the most of his strategy and a second Safety Car to emerge third after the final stops had played out.
With fresher tyres than those ahead, he quickly closed down Hamilton, taking second by going around the outside of Turn 2 and then inside at Turn 3.
A lap later he passed Alonso, using his superior speed to blast into the lead at Turn 1.
He took the chequered flag 5.2s ahead of Alonso. The Ferrari driver was given a bit of breathing room in his battle with Hamilton as on the final lap the Brit came under attack from his team-mate Rosberg.
The last to pit, Rosberg's tyres allowed him to close the gap at almost four seconds a lap. However, he got to the front a lap too late to reach the podium.
Felipe Massa was fifth for Williams ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas.
There were two Safety Cars on the day as Marcus Ericsson crashed on lap 9 while Sergio Perez spewed debris all over the track when he slammed into the pitwall.
They were joined on the sidelines by Esteban Gutierrez, Kamui Kobayashi, Romain Grosjean and Nico Hulkenberg. It was Hulkenberg's first DNF of this season and in fact the first time he has failed to score.
Result01 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1h53m05.05802 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +5.2s03 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +5.8s04 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +6.3s05 Felipe Massa Williams +29.8s06 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +31.4s07 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +40.9s08 Valtteri Bottas Williams +41.3s09 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +58.5s10 Jenson Button McLaren +1m07.2s11 Adrian Sutil Sauber +1m08.1s12 Kevin Magnussen McLaren +1m18.4s13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus +1m24.0s14 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso -1 lap15 Jules Bianchi Marussia -1 lap16 Max Chilton Marussia -1 lapDid Not Finish17 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 33 laps18 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 25 laps19 Sergio Perez Force India 23 laps20 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 15 laps21 Romain Grosjean Lotus 11 laps22 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 8 laps